Question

Pam has 111 beads. She has four fewer than five times as many beads as Amy. How many beads does Amt have?

Answer 1

Amy have 23 beads.

Explanation:

Given:

Number of beads Pam have =111

Let the number of beads Amy have ='x'

According to the question:

Pam have four fewer than five times as many beads as Amy.

So,

⇒
`5x-4=111`

⇒
`5x=111+4` ...adding 4 both sides

⇒
`5x=115`

⇒
`x=(115)/(5)` ...dividing with 5 on both sides

⇒
`x=23`

Number of beads Amy have = 'x'=23.

Check:

⇒
`5(x)-4`

⇒
`5(23)-4`

⇒
`115-4`

⇒
`111`

So Amy have 23 beads which we have checked also.